Dragonlance Dies...Again!
Apr 24, 2007 10:59:44 GMT -8
Post by Daos on Apr 24, 2007 10:59:44 GMT -8
(I posted this in my LJ, too, but I thought I'd put it here, as well.)
The Jaded DM grows even more jaded. Man, I thought I disliked Wizards of the Coast before today...
For those of you who don't know, WotC, the company that owns the D&D license, has just pulled the plug on my favorite setting, Dragonlance. The article is here.
The Dragonlance RPG License has been a labor of love for me and my staff throughout the term of our agreement with Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro. Our goal in creating Dragonlance game product has always been to give the long-time fan quality material that supports our vision for Dragonlance while attracting a new audience to this epic world. Our agreement has come to term and is not being renewed. We will be releasing new Dragonlance RPG product through the end of this year and then will step back from our association with Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro.
That's straight out of Margaret Weis' mouth...er...keyboard. Whatever.
Now I know how all those people who subscribed to Dragon and Dungeon magazines must feel like. Dragonlance is my favorite setting, right up there with Spelljammer.
Why are they doing this? From what I can tell, MWP is making Wizards good money on the Dragonlance franchise. It's stupid to end the license! They're making money off of it!
But I think things are becoming more clear. Much like the signs the gods of Krynn sent before the Cataclysm, so are Wizards giving us signs of the Fourth Coming...that's right. Fourth Edition is on the horizon. Wizards is taking down their wandering licenses, one by one. First the magazines, now Dragonlance. Why would they do this? Many strongly suspect that 4E will NOT be part of the OGL.
A little history, if you don't mind. Before D&D was purchased by Wizards, it was owned by TSR. Although in its latter days, many disgruntled fans called it T$R. TSR became increasingly 'possessive' of its licenses. It became infamous when it would send rather harsh 'cease and desist' letters to anyone who posted their content online...even if the person in question was not making any money off of it. I fear WotC is now following in those disastrous footsteps.
I wonder now, if Nexus and KC are going to receive cease and desist letters soon?
Way to piss off a substantial part of your fanbase, Wizards. Again.
The Jaded DM grows even more jaded. Man, I thought I disliked Wizards of the Coast before today...
For those of you who don't know, WotC, the company that owns the D&D license, has just pulled the plug on my favorite setting, Dragonlance. The article is here.
The Dragonlance RPG License has been a labor of love for me and my staff throughout the term of our agreement with Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro. Our goal in creating Dragonlance game product has always been to give the long-time fan quality material that supports our vision for Dragonlance while attracting a new audience to this epic world. Our agreement has come to term and is not being renewed. We will be releasing new Dragonlance RPG product through the end of this year and then will step back from our association with Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro.
That's straight out of Margaret Weis' mouth...er...keyboard. Whatever.
Now I know how all those people who subscribed to Dragon and Dungeon magazines must feel like. Dragonlance is my favorite setting, right up there with Spelljammer.
Why are they doing this? From what I can tell, MWP is making Wizards good money on the Dragonlance franchise. It's stupid to end the license! They're making money off of it!
But I think things are becoming more clear. Much like the signs the gods of Krynn sent before the Cataclysm, so are Wizards giving us signs of the Fourth Coming...that's right. Fourth Edition is on the horizon. Wizards is taking down their wandering licenses, one by one. First the magazines, now Dragonlance. Why would they do this? Many strongly suspect that 4E will NOT be part of the OGL.
A little history, if you don't mind. Before D&D was purchased by Wizards, it was owned by TSR. Although in its latter days, many disgruntled fans called it T$R. TSR became increasingly 'possessive' of its licenses. It became infamous when it would send rather harsh 'cease and desist' letters to anyone who posted their content online...even if the person in question was not making any money off of it. I fear WotC is now following in those disastrous footsteps.
I wonder now, if Nexus and KC are going to receive cease and desist letters soon?
Way to piss off a substantial part of your fanbase, Wizards. Again.